The CCP’s mammoth plan to eradicate banned religious organizations from rural areas is based on false Marxist premises and an outmoded sociology.
Massimo Introvigne
Vereinte Nationen: Japan wegen Verletzung der Menschenrechte der Vereinigungskirche auf der Anklagebank
Vor dem Menschenrechtsrat wurde eine ergänzende Eingabe eingereicht.
国連：統一教会に対する人権侵害で被告席に着く日本
自由権規約人権委員会に対する追加提案がなされる
Russia—Sensational Revelations: Jehovah’s Witnesses Prepare An Anti-Putin Coup
FECRIS-connected anti-cult lawyer Alexander Korelov claims he has all the evidence: Russia will react and “destroy the United States, the spiritual garbage dump of humanity.”
Russian FECRIS Leader: “A Mysterious American Center Controls All Cults”
Alexander Novopashin gives occult and political significance to court cases where he crossed swords with a metaphysical movement called Sirius.
Nations Unies : Le Japon sur le banc des accusés pour violation des droits humains de l’Église de l’Unification
Un document complémentaire a été déposé devant le Conseil des droits de l’homme.
United Nations: Japan in the Dock for Violating Unification Church’s Human Rights
A supplemental submission has been filed before the Human Rights Council.
In Defense of the Gurus: Why Spiritual Masters Are Persecuted
“Guru” has become a derogatory word in a world that does not understand what a spiritual master is, as the Tai Ji Men case demonstrates.
Pakistan: A Beaconhouse School Expels Children for Being Ahmadis
International supporters of the largest world’s private school network should hold it accountable for participating in the Pakistani anti-Ahmadi bigotry.
Fake News and the Tai Ji Men Case
There were fake news before the expression “fake news” became common. Spiritual minorities were often among their targets, including Tai Ji Men.
Massimo Introvigne
Massimo Introvigne (born June 14, 1955 in Rome) is an Italian sociologist of religions. He is the founder and managing director of the Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR), an international network of scholars who study new religious movements. Introvigne is the author of some 70 books and more than 100 articles in the field of sociology of religion. He was the main author of the Enciclopedia delle religioni in Italia (Encyclopedia of Religions in Italy). He is a member of the editorial board for the Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion and of the executive board of University of California Press' Nova Religio. From January 5 to December 31, 2011, he has served as the "Representative on combating racism, xenophobia and discrimination, with a special focus on discrimination against Christians and members of other religions" of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). From 2012 to 2015 he served as chairperson of the Observatory of Religious Liberty, instituted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in order to monitor problems of religious liberty on a worldwide scale.